Weave

From Fresh Dictionary

Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Verb 1.2.1.1 Translations 1.2.2 Noun 1.2.2.1 Translations 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Verb

English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /wiːv/
• Homophones: we’ve.

Etymology 1

Old English wefan. Cognate with Dutch weven, German weben, Swedish väva.

Verb

Infinitive to weave

Third person singular weaves

Simple past wove

Past participle woven

Present participle weaving

1. (Past tense wove, past participle woven) To form something by passing lengths or strands of material over and under one another.

   This loom weaves yarn into sweaters.

2. (Past tense wove, past participle woven) To spin a cocoon or a web.

   Spiders weave beautiful but deadly webs.

Translations

Albanian: end Catalan: teixir Chinese: 編織, 编织 Croatian: tkati Dutch: weven Esperanto: teksi Finnish: kutoa French: tisser German: weben (1, 2) Greek: Ï Ï†Î¬Î½ÎµÎ¹ Hungarian: sző Indonesian: menganyam, menjalin

Interlingua: texer Italian: tessere Japanese: 編む (あむ, amu) Norwegian: veve Portuguese: tecer Russian: сплести (splesti) Spanish: tejer Telugu: ఠల్లు (allu), నేయు (naeyu)

Noun

weave

1. ­A type or way of weaving.

   That rug has a very tight weave.

Translations

Chinese: 織法, 织法 Dutch: weefsel n French: armure f German: Webart f

Greek: ύφανση f Italian: tessuto m Spanish: armadura Telugu: ఠల్లిక (allika), నేత (naeta)

Etymology 2

Probably from Old Norse veifa ‘move around, wave’, related to Latin vibrare.

Verb

1. (Past tense wove, past participle woven) To make or move by turning and twisting.

   The ambulance had to weave its way through traffic to reach the accident.

2. (Past tense weaved, past participle weaved) To make (a path or way) by winding in and out or from side to side.

   The ambulance weaved its way through the heavy traffic.

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